The Rise of New Forms of Power in Africa: The Emergence of Big Men in the Afar Region of Ethiopia
This article chronicles the emergence of a new form of power in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. The Afar people are predominantly Muslim pastoralists who live in a territory referred to as the Afar-Triangle (located in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea). Fieldwork for this study was conducted on Dobi in t...
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| Main Author: | Gemechu Adimassu Abeshu |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Hradec Králové
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Modern Africa |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uhk.cz/modernafrica/article/view/176 |
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